@article{ref1,
title="Suspected paradoxical undressing in a homicide case",
journal="Forensic science, medicine, and pathology",
year="2012",
author="Kettner, Mattias and Schnabel, Axel and Ramsthaler, Frank",
volume="8",
number="4",
pages="426-429",
abstract="Paradoxical undressing is a phenomenon associated with fatalities due to severe hypothermia, which is characterized by the act of active undressing, despite low ambient temperatures, as a consequence of peripheral vasodilation. A 51-year-old man was found lying naked and inanimate on a road. Articles of his clothing were scattered in surrounding bushes. A nearby handrail showed a partially washed away bloodstain pattern. A forensic autopsy was used to distinguish whether death was due to a hypothermic fatality or whether the deceased was a victim of an accident or homicide. Medicolegal autopsy revealed craniofacial dissociation with injuries to the thorax and extremities and established choking/asphyxia due to deep aspiration of blood in combination with external blood loss as the cause of death. In the absence of hypothermia-related signs and toxicological findings the case was considered to be a homicide. Police investigation led to the conviction of a man who confessed to having kicked and hit the victim and forced him to take off his clothes in a humiliation-related scenario.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1547-769X",
doi="10.1007/s12024-012-9337-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-012-9337-y"
}